Billy Armstrong

AKA: Bill Armstrong, William A. Armstrong, William Armstrong
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1891-01-13

Bristol, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {38}

Minister

1915-04-12 6.5

The Tramp

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone ...
Genre :Comedy

Silk Hat Cecil aka Jersey City Joe (as William Armstrong)

1918-03-11 0

Sheriff Nell's Tussle

A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then suggests an entertainment with local talent, the while his confederates crack the safe and make ...
Genre :Comedy, Western

Sparring Partner

1915-03-11 6.5

The Champion

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie p ...
Genre :Comedy

Sausage Thief

1915-03-18 5.3

In the Park

A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug, but takes a few with his walking stick. When the thi ...
Genre :Comedy

Man in Straw Hat

1915-04-29 5.5

By the Sea

It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns ...
Genre :Comedy

The Husband

1915-06-21 5.9

Work

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arri ...
Genre :Comedy

Father's Friend

1915-07-12 6

A Woman

Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the ...
Genre :Comedy

Another Janitor

1915-08-09 6.284

The Bank

A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too. ...
Genre :Comedy

First Shanghaied Seaman

1915-10-04 5.9

Shanghaied

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai s ...
Genre :Comedy

Crooked Preacher / Second Cop

1916-05-27 6.256

Police

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house. ...
Genre :Comedy

Cook / Pickpocket

1918-08-11 4.8

Triple Trouble

As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff. ...
Genre :Comedy

Handlebars Harry

1942-03-07 0

Wedding Yells

Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920). ...
Genre :Comedy

The Traveling Salesman

1923-10-14 0

Asleep at the Switch

Asleep at the Switch is a 1923 comedy short. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Chauffeur

1924-01-27 0

One Spooky Night

One Spooky Night is a 1924 comedy short ...
Genre :Comedy

Indignant Nobleman

1919-06-22 5.2

Hearts and Flowers

A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Neighbor's Rival

1919-02-09 0

Rip & Stitch: Tailors

Comedy Short ...
Genre :Comedy

The Man of Mystery

1920-04-17 5.5

Down on the Farm

The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But the day changes when Roach's farmhand sees an oppor ...
Genre :Comedy

The Pianist (uncredited)

1920-09-05 5.5

Don't Weaken!

A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family. ...
Genre :Comedy

Comedian in Derby

1923-10-28 5.9

The Extra Girl

Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio instead of her picture. When she arrives in Hollywoo ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Crime

The Spy's Rival

1917-12-01 0

An International Sneak

A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jumping Jupiter

1919-02-05 6

Hop to It, Bellhop

Two hotel bell hops get into all kinds of shenanigans between dames, baths and bags of loot. ...
Genre :Comedy

Billy

1916-05-17 5

Gertie's Gasoline Glide

Two men are vying for the favours of Gaby. One of them takes her for a motorcycle ride, the other in his car. When the second man manages to marry her, the first takes his revenge. He calls the police ...
Genre :

The Fortune Hunter

1922-09-22 0

When Summer Comes

Rampaging lions are on the loose in a hunting lodge. Approximately, only eight minutes of the short survives. ...
Genre :Comedy

A crooked gentleman

1918-10-30 5

The King of the Kitchen

A city couple drops into a restaurant and try to steal the cash box. ...
Genre :Comedy

Father in Portrait Session (uncredited)

1924-03-01 5

Smile Please

Our hero is the town's photographer and its sheriff. He' in love with a young woman who's also pursued by the older, more devious Dudley Somerset. First our hero must do a few heroic things, saving th ...
Genre :Comedy

Sailor (uncredited)

1924-03-30 4.3

Shanghaied Lovers

Shanghaied on his wedding day, Harry struggles to cope with a cruel captain while fending off a sailor who seems attracted to him. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ludwig - Asylum Keeper

1919-03-02 5.3

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself. ...
Genre :Comedy, War

1923-05-27 0

This Way Out

A rival courtships in a variety of absurd situations. ...
Genre :

Doc Pillsbury

1920-07-04 0

The Quack Doctor

In one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show. ...
Genre :Comedy

1918-06-26 0

In Dutch

Comedy short starring Alice Howell ...
Genre :

The Jailer

1919-10-12 0

Up in Alf's Place

Charles Murray gets caught by his wife flirting with a dancer. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Landlord

1923-01-01 0

No Vacancies

Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are loo ...
Genre :Comedy

Drunk at Party (uncredited)

1924-01-12 5

Conductor 1492

A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the boss' beautiful daughter. ...
Genre :Comedy

Earl of Tabasco, a Hot Knight (as William Armstrong)

1923-02-12 5.7

When Knights Were Cold

Though only the second half survives, here's a synopsis of what's left: Stan is a Robin Hood-type character in a medieval walled town. He's chased by an army of knights, but both he and his pursuers r ...
Genre :Comedy

A romantic husband

1918-09-25 6

Hello Trouble

A dishonest undertaker stirs up droll, laughable tragedy between two devoted husbands and their loyal wives in his attempt to build up an insurance sideline when the undertaker business fails. ...
Genre :Comedy

Cook / Pickpocket (archive footage)

1944-01-02 0

Charlie's Triple Trouble

British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918) ...
Genre :Comedy

Sox

1920-12-01 0

The Glad Eye

Genre :Comedy

Lt. Lane

1916-01-17 0

The Man Inside

Years after Barry Thornton disappears from Panama while under suspicion of stealing American defense plans for the canal, his daughter Eleanor, now the ward of Barry's twin brother Dana, is still obse ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery